If Mixcloud link is blanked out: Here is the 3 hour show as an embedded .mp3: 2 hr. 56 min.
Greetings,
Smile Jamaica loves Halloween or as I say: Jah-loween! For going on 20 years now I have played all treats no tricks the last Saturday in Jah-tober;
Because my job is a sound editor, I created some sound art: 81 soundbytes or Horror movie trailers that I edited in my home studio. One after each song.
Dracula, Blackula, War of the Worlds. Nuff Vincent Price: Michael Jackson and Dr. Phibes and even Alice Cooper. Halloween and X-Files soundtrack. Nuff Blaxploitation Village of the Damned.
I get a call from a listener when I stitched in the Vincent Price interlude from Alice Cooper’s “Black Widow”. Listener goes, “I called two shows on KRCL requesting “Black Widow,” They didn’t play my request and then I heart it on Smile Jamaica.”
Boo-tiful
curse, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 29, 2016 – Annotated Playlist – Jahloween: sets, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons, photos and captions; 37 sec.
Set 1:
Ini Kamoze – Hole in the Pumpkin; Shocking Out (RAS) ’87
Scientist – Dance of the Vampires; Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (Greensleeves) ’81: Dub Album of the Hour
The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Talk About Run; 12” (Greensleeves) ‘81 – don’t make out w/ your girlfriend in the boneyard! 20 sec.
Set 2:
Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006 roll a lickle spliff w/ di papyrus
<Smoke some Sensi-menia inna Mesopotamia; 12 sec.>
Easy Star All-Stars feat. Mikey General & Spragga Benz – Thriller; Thrillah! (Easy Star) 2012: Michael Jackson cover
GG All-Stars – Vampire Rock; 12” (Hit) ‘77
Set 3:
David Lindley & El Rayo-X; Werewolves of London; Very Greasy (Elektra) ’88 Warren Zevon cover
The Hooters – All You Zombies; Nervous Night (Columbia) ’85: pop hit
Barrington Levy – Murderer; 12” (Jah Life) ’84 Murder is a vampire
Set 4:
Max Romeo – Hotel California; Something is Wrong (Mediacom) Eagles cover re: Anton Lavey’s Church of Satan; 26 sec.
Humble Soul – Damn Vampire; Good Lord, Thank You (Kolcha Muzik) Jah-waiian artist
Set 5: Vinyl is V-ital
Laurel Aitken – Witchdoctor From Amsterdam; Eskapdade en France (Blue Moon) ’90 EP Fr.
Crucial Bee – Mark of the Beast; Just a Sting (All-Star) US Virgin Islands
Horace Andy – The Devil; Don’t Stop (Island in the Sun) ’85 NY
Amp-Ech – Living Dead + Version; Against Injustice (Amp-Ech); 4 sec.
Set 6:
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Judgment in a Babylon; 12” (One Drop) ‘81Chris Blackwell is a vampire sucking the blood of the sufferah’s; 54 sec.
Sky High & the Mau Mau – Cemetary Robbery; Origination (Sky High)
Willi Williams – The Dungeon; Messenger Man (Blood and Fire) ’80 about being in jail for herb
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Two Bad D.J.’ 12” (Greensleeves) ’81: duppies in the cemetery
<All Treats! No Tricks! – Smile Jamaica Loves Halloween>
Greeetings,
It’s Fall and winter is coming. So that means October is Jah-loween Season on Smile Jamaica. The ghouls , witches and vampires doing rub a dub in the boneyard.
Half the set is devoted to instead of the usual’s King’s Music. Now it’s the Devil’s turn. Scratch. As in Lee “Scratch” Perry. Half the show devoted to the Witching Season: Best of 27 Years (the early discoveries in ’89-90), vinyl, 7″ Jamaican Jukebox and the undead and of course MUTANT dub
Don’t get stoned on my tombstone!
bless, I mean curse, robt
Set 1:
Lord Creator – Such Is Life; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) ’78 UK vinyl: Lee Perry/Black Ark prod’n
Chalawa – Exodus Dub; (Micron) ’77 Can. Dub Album of the Hour to Marley’s Exodus
Peter Broggs – Pick Up the Reggae; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ‘82
Lee Perry – Jungle Lion; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’73 instrumental
Dennis Bovell – Living in Babylon; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ‘80
Bushman – Backweh Vampire; 10” EP (Stingray) 2012 UK EP Jah-loween tune
Lovejoys – One Draw; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’83 female duo on Rita Marley’s herbtune: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
An A+ grade doesn’t do justice. Lee “Scratch” Perrry and his mythic Black Ark. Such is Life indeed
Set 2:
Peter Tosh – Black Dignity; Honorary Citizens: Jamaican Singles (Columbia) ’69 rarity
Trinity – Vampire; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) ‘79
Jennifer Gad – Babylon Must Fall; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92
Dennis Brown & the Observers – Live After You; 10” (Observer Gold) ’75 Niney prod’n
Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 27 Years – Jah-loween Set; 11 sec.
<Neocon Margaret Thatcher – Middle finger from UB40; 37 sec>.
The Iron Lady: Britain’s Margaret Thatcher. Showed that women could be Neoliberal/Neoconservative too
Set 5: Jah-loween Vinyl is Vital set
Inner Circle – Duppy or Gunman; Rock the Boat (Trojan) ’74 UK: duppy = J’can ghost
Clint Eastwood and General Saint – Talk About Run; Two Bad D.J. (Greensleeves) ’81 UK: update of calypso tune about making out w/ your girl in the boneyard
Cultural Roots – Devil-ites; Drift Away from Evil (Revolutionary Sounds) ’82 UK
Prince Alla – Evil Forces; Evil Forces (Calabash) ’84 Opa-Locka, FL
Chalice – Back Way Evil Forces; Stand Up! (CSA) ’85 UK
Set 6:
Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths – United We Stand; Just My Imagination (Trojan) ’70 update of soul cover by Brotherhood of Man
All my heroes are named Bob: Marley, Crumb and Dylan. Congrats to Nobel Prize for Literature, Bob Dylan. The first popular music artist to be chosen. Well deserving.
So I start off Smile Jamaica with a 3 song Reggae Tribute to his Bobness!
<Winner, winner Nobel Prize chicken dinner! 33 sec.>
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 15, 2016: Annotated Playlist – photos, captions, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons; 51 sec.
Bob Dylan Tribute
Wailers Family Tree
Vinyl is Vital
Jah-loween Stylee
Disco Mix 10″/12″
Roots Dawtas
UFO-ria inna Mutant Dub Stylee
Intro: 33 sec.
Set 1: From one Bob to another: Dylan Tribute – Nobel Winner
<Amazing achievement. Nobel deserving; 52 sec.>
Jimmy London – Ride On; Welcome to My World (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK vinyl
Sould Syndicate – Black Pride – Dub; King Tubby & Friends – Sound System Dub Vol. (Original) JA vinyl, 1975-78: Dub Album of the Hour
Bob Dylan – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door; Live at Budokan (Columbia): ’78 Reggae Tribute to Nobel Laureate, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan – Man Gave Names to All the Animals; Slow Train Coming (Columbia) ’79 Gospel Grammy winner
Bob Dylan – Jokerman; Infidels (Columbia) ’83 Sly & Robbie on the riddims
Peter Broggs – Internaitonal Farmer; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ‘82
African Pearl – Zion Bound; 10” (Ariwa) 2005 UK: female roots
Set 2: Wailers Family Tree
Peter Touch & Hugh Roy – Rightful Ruler; Honorary Citizen: Jamaican Singles (Columbia) ’69 box set
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jamming (Long Version); Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’77 bonus track
<Dessert before dinner: dub before the vox – Jamming; 18 sec.>
Set 3:
<Request: The one album that led to Smile Jamaica – Black Uhuru Anthem; 35 sec.>
Black Uhuru – Black Uhuru Anthem; Anthem (Island) ’84 Night of the Living Dead, Request; 19 sec.
Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers – Painstaker; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red/ON U Sound) ’81 dub to New Age Steppers cover of Michael Rose “Observe Life
African Princess – Jah Children Cry; 12” (Jah Shaka) ’80 UK
Scientist – Heavyweight Dub Champion (Greensleeves) ’80: Dub Album of the Hour
This album made me a Reggae Fanatic – Hard to live in dread in the dawn of the living dead!
Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27 Years
Yellowman – Morning Ride; One in a Million (Shanachie) ’84
<The Morning Ride – a different commute!; 25 sec.>
Aisha – Evil Spirits; High Priestess (Ariwa) ‘88
Barry Brown – Run Wicked Man; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
Keith Hudson – My Eyes Are Red (Unlreased Version); Brand (Pressure Sounds) ‘77
The morning ride is the longest ride
Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital
Icarus – Land of Tarot; State of Mind (Russian Roulette) ’82 UK
Earl Sixteen – Freedom; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) Black Ark/Lee Perry prod’n
Clint Eastwood – Sweet, Sweet Jamaica; Sex Education (Greensleeves) ’80 UK
Tony Tuff – Born in the Ghetto; Presenting Mr. Tuff (Black Roots) ’81 JA
Aura Lewis Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry – At Midnite; Full Experience (Blue Moon) Fr. EP – Black Ark prod’n
Set 6:
Tino – Bats in My Belfrey Dub; Hallowe’en Dub (Tino’s) Jah-loween beats artist
Yesca – Searchin’; Up in Smoke Soundtrack (Warner Bros) ’78 herbal update of the Coasters 50 r & b
Ther Herbaliser – The Hard Stuff; Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ninja Tune) 2002 UK mutant dub herb tune
Version feat. Sista Widey – Put On; 10” (Webcam Hi Fi) 2007 Fr. mutant dub
Black Roots Players – Redder Than Red; Ghetto-ology Dub (Easy Star) ’79 Dub Album of the Hour
Makes your flesh creep: next 2 Saturdays nuff Jah-loween on Smile Jamaica. 3 hours Digital Dubplate mix on Mixcloud Oct. 31
Set 7: Jah-loween Stylee
Black Survivors – Catch a Vampire; Nations of the World (Sword Lion) ’95 UK
Garland Jeffreys feat. Big Youth – Graveyard Rock; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 – NY bi-racial rocker
<Don’t get stoned on my tombstone! 25 sec.>
Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad feat. Macka B – Devil Dance; Solid Foundation (Flag) 1992
Bomb the Bass feat. Sinead O’Connor & Benjamin Zephaniah; Empire; clear (Quango) ’95 UK mutant dubbers; Empire=Vampire
Don’t get stoned on mi tombstone!
Set 8: UFO-ria: 38 sec.
Audio Active – Space Children; Tokyo Space Cowboys (ON U Sound) ’94 Jah-pon
Rockers Hi Fi – Dick From Outaspace; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Every fall, we hunker down and spend two Saturdays raising money. Smile Jamaica only exists becuase of the commercial free nature of community radio KRCL
So I didnt’ put up the last two weeks’ steams since we beg ‘n’ plead after every song.
So enjoy Fall with fresh roots!
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 10, 2016 Annotated Playlist – tracklist, photos, captions and Reggae History Lessons
Set 1:
The Jay Tees – Prayer to Jah; Pirate’s Choice (Studio One) ’81 JA vinyl: female group
Black Slates Meet Soul Syndicate – Bum Dub; Moodie in Dub vol. 1 (Moodie) ’78: Dub Album of the Hour
The Rastafarians – Jah Greatest Blessing; Orthodox (Makasound) ’81 Rasta Cruz, Collie-fornya
Bunny Wailer – Warrior; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’90: Johnny Osbourne cover from roots best of
Dennis Alcapone – Revelation; Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) ’70 comp.
2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Starkey Banton – Loose Talk; 10” (Coptic Lion) dj to Barry Brown’s Big Big Pollution
Set 2:
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Waiting in Vain (unreleased mix); Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ‘77
Sister Nancy – Bam Bam; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’82 – ska, soul, rock steady, funk & dub in Jamaica
Tennors – Ride Your Donkey; Broken Flowers Soundtrack (Decca) ’68 Jim Jarmusch movie
Capital Letters – House Breaker; Rootikal Rebild + Rootikal Dubwise; 12” (British Reggae Archive) 2014
Set 3:
Jah Bull – Free Jah Children; Rockers International (Greensleeves) ’80 A. Pablo prod’n over Delroy Williams
Cassandra – Thank You For the Many Things You’ve Done; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ’80 UK lovers rock
Sugar Minott – The People Got to Know; Ghetto-ology + Dub (Easy Star) ‘79
Keith Hudson – Image Dub; Brand (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Dub Album of the Hour
Set 4: Rockers do Reggae
Keith Richards – Words of Wonder; Main Offender (Virgin) ’92
Tom Tom Club – Bambootown; Close to the Bone (Sire) ’83 Talking Heads side group
Prince Flo & Jah Edward – Dancing Mood; (Epiphany) ’81 Turtles members cover Delroy Wilson ‘81
The Turtles meet Soul Syndicate
Set 5: Vinyl is Vital Set
Black Stalin – Vampire Year; In Ah Earlier Time (Makossa International) ’80 NY – Soca Halloween tune: Vinyl is Vital Set
Snowman – Black Heroes; Rockers Showcase Volume III (Rockers) ’87 Phil.
Jean Binta Breeze – Dubwise + Confusion (Warner); Tracks (LKJ) ’90 UK female dub poet, LKJ prod’n
Jah Walton – The Seed You Sow; Magnificent Seven (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK red vinyl
Set 6:
Peter Tosh – You Can’t Fool Me Again; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) ’69 Jamaican singles box set – nursery rhyme
Jimmy Cliff – You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down; Club Paradise Soundtrack (CBS) ‘86
Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad – Reparation (Flag) 2000
Love Joys – All I Can Say; Lovers Rock Showcase (Bullwackies) ’80 female duo
Ronnie Davis – Raining Dub; Jamming in Dub (Kingston Sound) Dub Album of the Hour
Set 7: Jah-loween
Dubskin – Heavy Load; No End in Time (Dubskin) 2009 Boulder, Collie-rado; vampires: Halloween Set
Lee “Scratch” Perry & the White Belly Rats – de Devil Dead (Live); Panic in Babylon (DAMP) 2004
The Reddies – Voodoo Woman; Cultivation (Reddies) 2009 Jah-stin, Texas
Set 8: Mutant Dub
African Head Charge – Hold Some More; Songs of Praise (ON U Sounds) ’90
Dubsac – Dub Anthem; Dubsac (Annica) 2007
The Archives – Melodical Funk; The Archives (ESL) 2012 DC: ½ Thievery Corporation
Audio Active – Robot War; Apollo Choco (ON U Sound) ’97 Jah-pon
Ari Up – Baby Mother + Version; Dread More Than Dead (Collision) 2005 female singer of the Slits and New Age Steppers
Fall Radiothon is my anniversary for co-hosting (and then hosting) Smile Jamaica Oct. 1989.
That adds up to 27 years folks! And so I choose to celebrate with deep gems out of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: 3 hours of the black wax attack.
Memories by the score rotating at 33 and 1/3 RPM
bless, robt
No digital for I ‘n’ I
Internship at the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives
Annotated Playlist: Sept. 17, 2016 – Smile Jamaica All Vinyl
Set 1:
Morwells – Reggae Party; Wiser Dread (Nighthawk) ’82 St. Louis – 3 Hours All Vinyl
King Tubby – Roots of Dub (Moll-Selekta) ’75: Dub Album of the Hour
Ras Tesfa & Jafrica – These Things; Voice of the Rastaman (Shanachie) ’85 NJ
Dennis Brown – Concrete Castle King; Visions (Blue Moon) UK ‘78
The Gladiators – Oh What a Joy; The Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 UK
Lillian Allen – Conditions Critical; Conditions Critical (Redwood) ’87 Canadian Dub Poet
Bobby Culture, Brimestone & Fire, Louie Rankin, – Big Big Bust; Tidal Wave (Unicorn) ’83 Santa Monica, Colly-fornya; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
<Big big bust; 6 sec.>
Set 2:
Paul Blake & Bloodfire Posse – Pink Panther; Are You Ready? (Synergy) ’86 UK: Henry Mancini soundtrack
John Brown – Easy Dreadlocks; Atra 10 Track (Atra) ’88 comp. UK
Tapper Zukie – Simpleton Badness; Man Ah Warrior (mer) ‘73/’77 NY dj
Aisha – Every Problem; Daughters of Zion (Twinkle) ’95 UK
Set 3:
Peter Tosh – Wanted Dread & Alive; Wanted Dread & Alive (EMI America) ’81 US – my first Reggae LP; 39 sec.
<Mom not a fan of the Seven Leaf nor Ted Nugent; 36>
Sophia George & Charlie Chaplin – Ain’t No Meaning; Fresh (Winner) ’85 UK
Mexicano – Lovers Conversation; Jah Woosh – Gunfight at O.K. Korral (sic) (Pioneer International) Can.
Edi Fitzroy – Youthman Penitentiary; Youthman Penitentiary (Alligator) ’82 Chicago blues label
Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’77: Dub Album of the Hour
Mama Nelson – original funder of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: first Reggae LP
Set 4:
Eek a Mouse – Do You Remember?; Skidip (Greensleeves) ’82 about Middle Passage
<The Days of Slavery; 8 sec.>
Cornell Campbell – My Country; Roots, Rock, Reggae (Creole) ’78 Fr.
Abbacush – Back Attack; In Progress (People Unite) ’84 UK female roots group
<Abba – father; Cush – mother Africa; 9 sec.>
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Punky Reggae Party (Dub); 12” (Tuff Gong) ‘77
<Punky Reggae Party – no boring old farts!; 26 sec.>
packed like sardines in a tin
Set 5:
Singers & Players feat. Brent Dowe – These Eyes; Vacuum Pumping (ON U Sound) ’88 Melodians singer does The Guess Who
Gregory Isaacs – Rock On; Reggae Party (Disc Internatiopnal) ’83 FR.
U Roy & Delroy (Wilson) – You Keep on Running; With a Flick of My Musical Wrist (Trojan) ’71 dj comp
Sista Ruby – Supa Dupa; (Keyman) ’99 UK: Dr. Alimantado prod’n
Set 6:
Bunny Wailer – Burial; Sings the Wailers (Mango) ’80 Peter Tosh cover
Phyllis Dillon – Right Track; Popular Roots (Virgin Front Line) ’85 2 LP UK label sampler
<Reggae History Lesson: Virgin Front Line labell 31 sec.>
Johnny Clarke – Cold I Up; Trojan Story vol. 2 (Trojan) ’82 UK: 3 LP Box Set
Papa Kojie & Blue Riddim – Nancy Reagan Re-election Remix (ORA) ’85 St. Louis
<Nancy Reagan nostalgia; 9sec. >
Scientist – King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour
“She sit upon the lap of Mr. T, leading us all to World War III”
Set 7:
Krieger-Densmore Reggae Bonanza – Get Up Stand Up; 12” (Rhino) ’83 US – ½ Doors do Bob Marley
Pressure – Stir It Up; Pressure (Pool Production) ’83 US; Bob Marley cover
Marcia Grifiths – Here I Am; Sweet Bitter Love (Trojan) ’74 Al Brown soul cover
Yeah. I am none to happy with our electoral choices. Tweedledum vs. Tweeledee.
So either way we’re gonna get more war and more backbiting and fighting over who can give more kasheesh to the Richie Riches and Military welfare. Gridlock is the norm now.
But all I can say is: Reggae has been warning it would come to this for 50 years. That’s why I keep trodding through creation in a Irie fascination.
The Rastas put that pessimism to beautiful musical backing because as Bunny sang, “Who feels it knows it.”
Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst. And it’s only 4 years til we do it all over again
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: Sept. 9, 2016; 48 sec.
Set 1:
Martin Campbell & the Hi Tech Roots Dynamics – Jah Love; Rootsman The Real Thing (Channel One UK) ’97 UK vinyl
Yabby You & the Prophets – Zambia; Dub It to the Top (Blood and Fire) ’76-’79: Dub Album of the Hour
Linval Thompson – Dread Are the Controller; I Love Marijuana (Trojan) ‘79
Storm – Hard Not to Like You; Hits From the Past (Links) mid 70’s female lovers rock
Bunny Wailer – Time Will Tell; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’81 Bob Marley cover
Yellowman – Operation Eradication; One in a Million (Shanachie) ’84 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement – anti-mj in Jamaica
<Operation Eradication – Reagan makes Jamaica get rid of the Collie Weed; 77 sec.>
Ken Boothe – Show Me That Love; 10” (Education) 2006
Jamaican military’s war against the Seven Leaf – Operation Eradication
Set 2:
Prince Buster – Oh Carolina; Original Golden Hits vol. 2 (Melodisc) ’60 RIP
Zema – Free at Last; Black Sheep (Melchizedek) SoCal female singer
Hopeton Lindo – Territory; 10” (Tuff Scout) ‘87
Prince Buster deejay cameo in The Harder They Come
Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 26+ Years
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Vote For We; Stop That Train (Greensleeves) ’83
<Election 2016: Ebola vs. Hemoragghic Fever; 29 sec.>
Lovejoys – Chances Are; Reggae Vibes (Wackies) ’83 sister duo
Cultural Roots – Worries Me a Yard; Runninb Back to Me (Mango) ‘88
The Symbals – The Human Race; King Tubby on the Mix vol. 2 (Original)
L. Moodie – Untouchable Dub; Moodie in Dub vol. 2 (Moodie Music) ’74: Dub Album of the Hour
Will KRCL let me spin Smile Jamaica from Canadian exile?
Set 4
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Roots; Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’77 B-side
<Exodus – Movement of Jah People; 36 sec.>
Josey Wales – It Have Fi Bun; Outlaw (Live & Learn) ’84 herbtune
Thievery Corporation – Lebanese Blonde; CD Single (ESL) ’98 herbtune w/ Pam Bricker vox
<Lebanese Blonde – Whenever I get low, I get high; 17 sec.>
Johnny Clarke – Dem a Say Rasta; 10” (Observer Gold) over Jacob Miller riddim
Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital
Clint Eastwood – Roots, Rock, Reggae; Death in the Arena (Channel One) ’78 JA
Carlton & the Shoes – I’m in Chains; This Heart of Mine (Quality) ’82 JA
Full Experience feat. Aura Lewis – Can’t See You; Aura Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry at Black Ark Studio (Blue Moon) ’76 Fr. Black Ark prod’n
Heptones & Jah Lion – Mr. President; Upsetter Disco Dub: Turn and Fire (Anachron) ’77 Neth
<Mr. or Madame President?; 21 sec.>
Mr. President or Madame President. What you gonna do about the working class?
Set 6: Rockers do Reggae
Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion; Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ’72: Rockers do Reggae
<Paul Simon records in Jamaica; 18 sec.>
Gabriella Cilmi – Ob-la Di, Ob-la Da; White Album Recovered 1 (Mojo) 2008 Beatles Caribbean cover
Eddie Floyd – Baby Lay Your Head Down (Gently on My Bed) (Stax) Complete Stax/Volt Singles Collection vol. 3 (Stax) ’73 soul reggae: Memphis in Jamaica
Wingless Angels – Zion Bells; Wingless Angels (Mindless) ’96 Keith Richards, Justin Hinds + nyahbinghi
The Upsetters – Drum Rock; Bill Laswell – Dub Massive Chapter Two (Trojan) 2005 remixes: Dub Album of the Hour
Nyah Keith and the Wingless Angels
Set 7:
Peter Tosh & the Wailers– Fire, Fire; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) ‘68 single
Mike Brooks – Feeling of Reggae; Classical Anthology (M-10) ’78 best of
Prince Mohammed – Casanova Ride; 10” (Rockers) A. Pablo prod’n
Set 8: Mutant Dub
Survival Soundz – Dub Is Dub; Land of Baboon (Baraka Foundation) ’96 illcentric dub
Playgroup – Going Overdrawn; Epic Sound Battles Chapter Two (Cherry Red/ON U Sound) ’82 instrumental
Samia Farah – Je Me Mefie; Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.-Tunisian female singer
The Archive feat. Ras Puma – Sensibility; Archives (ESL) 2012 DC: herb tune
Audio Active – Psycho Buds (Asian Dub Foundation rmx); Bong EP (Birdman) 2000 Jah-pon meets UK Hindi dubbers
Getting ready to embark on a major remodel project in my house in the Sugarhood (lower Sugarhouse) area of Salt Lake City.
I’m tired of living like a music hoarder. So I am biting the bullet: wiping out two small bedroom and replacing them with one big room with shelves from floor to ceiling.
A Librarian (me) with his own personal Library. But in order to do that, I have to move 35 years of music collecting into my garage.
I took last Saturday off to do that and pulled about 50 representative favorites aside for what I call Digital Dubplate shows: 3 hour editions of Smile Jamaica cooked up in my home studio.
The memories of collecting this music over the decades, as I pack CDs into boxes and records into crates, really makes me nostalgic. Because so many record stores have gone out of business, my whole way of life is crashing down.
Forward ever, backwards never!
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Fall 2016
0-30 min
Don Carlos – Just a Passing Glance + Dj version; Just a Passing Glance (RAS) ‘84
The Congos – Children Crying; Heart of the Congos (Blood and Fire) ‘77
Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion; Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ‘72
Althea & Donna – Make a Truce; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ‘78
Cocoa Tea – Rocking Dolly; Rocking Dolly (RAS)
Earl Zero & Soul Syndicate – Home Sweet Home; Visions of Love (Epiphany) ‘79
Lacksley Castell – Righteous Stand; Morning Glory (Negus Roots) ‘82
School is back in session. Summer a gwaan. Time for New Roots and opportunities. Soon the weather gets cooler and the days grow shorter. All the folks travelling and doing outdoor activities that don’t always include radio. So listenership tends to go down in the summer and starts to bump in the fall.
Look forward to that in the months to come on Smile Jamaica while we put Summer in our rear view. That’s why if you’re travelling, on-demand Smile Jamaica is always there for your activity soundtrack
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-gust 27, 2016
Set 1:
Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus – Build Up Your House; Revelation (Trojan) ’82 UK vinyl: nyahbinghi style
The Upsetters – Noah Sugar Pan; Upsetter Shop vol. 1 (Heartbeat) Black Ark Dub Album of the Hour
Michael Palmer – Have Faith in Jah; Wicked a Go Feel It (Trojan) ‘84
Judith – Such Is Life; Universal Roots – U.K. Reggae All Stars (Universal Roots) 2008 UK
Leroy Wallace – Far Beyond; Studio One Roots (Studio One/Soul Jazz) melodica
Fun Boy Three – Farmyard Connection; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 Specials 2 Tone ska spin off
<Peter & Bob – 2 farmers trying to earn a living>
Ras Daniel Ray – Princess; 10” (Education) 2006 UK
Set 2: Wailers Family Tree
Peter Tosh & the Wailers – Pound Get a Blow; Honorary Citizen (Columbia): ’68
Bunny Wailer – Liberation; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’88 best of
Rita Marley & the Wailers – Deh Pon Dem; Ska Bonanza (Heartbeat/Studio One)
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica + Version; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’76: single + version for Smile Jamaica Peace Concert
Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years
Linval Thompson – I Love Marijuana; I Love Marijuana (Trojan) ’79
Cedric Myton & the Congos – Wherever He Leads Me; Face the Music (VP) ‘81
Althea & Donna – Jah Rastafari; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78 female singjay duo
Wailing Souls – They Don’t Know Jah; Very Best of (Greensleeves) ‘82
Bill Laswell – Dub Massive vol. 1 (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour: dub remixes of Reggae dubs
Original burlap edition for separating your seeds and stems.
<Can’t roll a spliff on an .mp3>
Greetings,
Last hour of Smile Jamaica Juggling wax with the monitors cranked to 11 in the Studio at KRCL. Booming a recent vintage 45 from a So Cal roots group called the lions.
Their lyric talks about going back to the roots because: “you can’t roll a spliff pon your .mp3:
Original vinyl issues of Bob Marley’s Rastaman Vibration hard “burlap” ridges for that 420 ritual tradition.
The Lions – This Generation; 7” (Lions Bread) LA group
Hopeton Lewis – Dreadlocks Chalice; 7” (Thorough Bred) ’75 herb tune
Dhaima – Jah Jah I; 7” (Paradise) ’77 UK
Set 8: Mutant Dub Set
Soom T – Boom Shiva; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 female weedstepper out of Glasgow, Scotland: Mutant Dub Set
Knatty P – We Know; Universal Roots – U.K. Reggae Stars (Universal Egg) 2008 UK
Clive Hunt & the Dub Dancers – Bagdad in Dub; Clive Hunt & the Dub Dancers (Makasound) 2008 Fr.
Sevendub – U & Dem (High Altitude dub); Dub Club Edition (Collision) 2006 Germ.
Bucolic – Mo’Style; Dzyan Blood (BSI) 2000 US
Bally Sagoo – Funky Rickshaw Dub; Pro Cannabis 4 (Dope Media) 2001 Hindi dub
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